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t V EEVENTYJTPTni YE AR 4-' 11 -SALEM,-OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19. 1926 POSTURE TEST SH OtfJS HEALTH Politicians Angle for 1 V Credit for Goal Peace COlCTSiH. W RIOT BiL L as Drive Sor Meet Opens Salem Business Merf Pledge Support in Belling $1 Tickets to Citizens When Students Have Led the ; Way by j . ; ' Buying 'Admission Cards HITS MID SVES" i" Settlement of Anthracite Strike Brings Many Candidates for Honor of Having: Suggested Plan; Ton-Politician j f;; Is Given Credit by Corresporident j, -I' f. , -4'V-' -"fl: IIEfflS IL : .-' i. ' J" t I ' - t . .." ,t:i ' i 1. . - M r f : - 1 Early Closing ' Order at American -Border Results -in Protest Meeting ACT10N tT0 BEHTAKEN UP Matter Referred to. Mexico City; " jCustoraJofflciahi Are Jeered; Night Houses Keep j . Forces ! SAN DIECfO,s CaU Feb. 18. (Br Araftiated re8a4Tlliuna''8 business men, : meeting : In mass meeting to - disenss the most re cent deTeIopment'Ofx4be-(-Peteet tragedy, . resolved this afternoon to take erery no aalbie -means ,tb keep baslneas gbins aai vsukl in I ,the Mexican j resort, j widely A ad i vertised as ,ih result of f that tragedy. Speakers announced that several steps 1 had, been, taken to keep that business- going. At the same time there-were rumors, noi discussed by officials, that the Mexican officials were likely to take some steps soon In retalia , tion for -tlwa. pearly, closing order putj into effect1 last, night byjthe' American, authorities at he boun dary line. It was. A hinted that these measures would be -put into effect tomorrow, but that-nothing could be done .until confirmation came from , Mexico.. City. Itw was announced that the. situation had been reported to the Mexican cap ital. ' s i : :.! a .j. At the mass meeting, held In an outdoor prize; fight arena;' several large employers vof; labor, at rTU juana said that . thy would keep , their full forces of men working -staurants and other places in ifVwi nope nat tne arly , closing ; order, whJcft praetieally fpp"ill ' night trade among. Americans , at the resort, 4roul& b changadJ Rep resentatives of American labor or ganizations said -they "would do what they could to help, and Mex icans representing .lumber, oil, minlfig and agricultural interests said they! would frame an appeal for a change in the order. j About 209 Mexicans attended the meeting.; -. , ' Two more; saloons' were closed today ini ; acordancie . with - the cleanup order issued by the Mexi can authorities after the tragedy. 'A resort 4n' which ' there ? had been a large number of women was -also closed and padlocked. : After: the races at the Tijuana track closed late this afternoon a ; crowd of men said to include some the stable hands an demployes J of the bkrns' wenjt flown to the ! gate5and ieered the American ' ' customs andi Immigration otficeirS '; I ofi duty-there-'''!;-' - ''-HX I The: Mexican Officers soon dis v persed the cr6wl and sent its members away from the line. MINE WAK THREATENS? UNION 1 SIEN I PROTEST WORK 'j IN tLUNOlS FIELDS f . RVAKSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 1 (By Associated Presijv-ljocal an thorltles have been informed by i motorcycle v .scout that 4ie under stands one hundred automobiles carrying union sympathizers from thei Illinois mining fields were en ronte to Evansvllle early today to prevent non-linion men from oper ating mines in this city, i . Captain liarry Freer, In charge kt tiA Kvnsvllle OOlice at might. said the: soout'had received au thentic Information i that the ma Chines passed through Canal, RL, Bhnrt time ago. carmi is au miles, from Evansvllle. : . STAGE SPANKING BEE5 18 GRADE CHIXDREN FEEL FALSI -OF ATJTHORITYvj il . msTiEE.Aris.fT Feb. By AssoeUted PreBs), Eigh teen students from! the seventh and eighth grades of BIsbee public schools today underwent the parental palm and the peda gogic paddle in ft - wholesale "spanking Dee, ' staged as tin example to children in the pri mary schools. .Tho 18 were ringleaders in a general exodus from school several days ago. Staggered by the magnitude -of the spanking . task that con fronted them, the teachers sent out an SOS call to parents, who. in many instances, responded- gladly, A campaign to raise the $1500 necessary to carry through the cross continent debate jyith the ,high school of Salerri, Massachusetts, will be launched ' Tuesdays it ; "was; announced yesterday by Homer C." Richards, one of the members 6f the debate jsquad. ,, , - ,J ' t : i li, irA committee composed of Paul Wallace, Ed Scriunke, Fred Thielson, Max Page,-TV M. Hicks and George Arbuckle yester day announced plans to hackiup the high school-in their cam paign. ; They have arrangea to sell tickets to the' debate in. BUSY WORKERS TO EARN tARGE CONTEST-AWARDS EIGHT MORE DAYS IS WHICH , , TO. WIN DIA5IOXD IUXG Xew Candidates Entering Intent On Taking Headline Auto HONOR ROLI TODAY Mrs. Ralph Skopil No. 1 1 Archie ' Swan No." 2 Dalbert, Jepsen No. 3 Mae. Young leads whole contest ' today - . GiftS ...,,; ; By Anto Contest iEditor ; With only eight more -days in which to win the special: Diamond; Ring and only eight : more days before the ' big - vote -period ends, interest is increasing in The Statesman's now, famous. Gift Dis tribution. ?; 1 ; ,h t Jdany new contestants are ent ering the field of active workers w4th the thought in mind of cash ing In their spare-' time to the amoun tof $1115 -and that is just what it wiir mean to the fortunate one i who wins the sedan on Anril'10. big Dodge And it also means $100 ina beautiful Diamond Ring which will be awarded, to the candidate securing the most' money on- sub scriptions on' February Some one is going to get that ring.fWhy not let it be you? Everyone, has an equal chance on tnia aiamona ,Work done these "big rote" days -will easily bring success, to contestants in this big contest. The laggard, unwilling to devote any time or thought to the grand prizes, however, will jreap'no re ward. This is a contest strictly for "live , wires". ; If yen are alive, awake to the opportunity, now. before. you,j will ing to gre some xf your time and thought to a proposition whereby over 13,000 in prizes are at stake then, you should, be a candidate. You should send In your name to- " (Coatinmad n par 8.) ' CONVICT THREES AGENTS 'ii:...:,f v -i i - i in -j ..-:.;,..' . 4 COMPLETE INNOCENCE , OF CHARGE IS MAINTAINED I PORTLAND, pref Feb, 18. -(By Associated ? Press. Arthur Christensen, Robert Smith and A. C Smith, special state prohibition agents, were found-guilty of con spiracy to violate the federal liquor laws in a verdict read today in federal courts. iThey wereF ac- Quitted on charges -of., possession, transportation and .sale 6t Uaubr. The verdict was ! reached' 'a.t'i 7:40 p. m., yesterday, and sealed, tt was read by Federal Judge "Wol verton when -court opened today The Jury had spent two and a halt weeks listening to the evidence and arguments.1 t All the defendants-stUl main tain their complete innocence. Vt j Elton Watklns defense -counsel, discussing the "verdict said: " ; "They. found ; these boys' guilty of conspiracy and not guilty of the things that went to make up the conspiracy J r. - .. - "For example,' they found theni not guilty of; the sale of liquor i which the government claimed was one of the chief parts of the conspiracy. ' - i f ; , YEGGMEM BLAST -SAFE OVER 97000 IS STOLEN FROM ASTORIA COMPANY ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. 13. (By Associated ; Press. ) . 4 Yeggmen who blew the safe of the Brook field "Quarry ' and ; Tonnage com pany here at 2 o'clock this morn ing escaped with the safe strong box containing; $7,085.12 in cash cheeks aad '-negotiable -securities. besides a number of - important documents. i The broken safe wSs discovered at ff o'clock this morning by an employe of: the company The charge of explosive nsed Ion .the outer-doorli4dbeeni heavy enough to shatter the-door, blow a nearby desk almost' Into fragments - and shatter windows in the office.1"' ' Officers - have no. clew to - the Identity, of. the .cracksmen. & mis ciiy at i eacn. The debate will 'be held,7 accord-. Ing to tenatlve plans, in the new Elslnore theater; under construc tion on High street between State and Ferry streets. Date of the de bate Is May 7.; I 4At the same hour i of the evenj ing the local high school negative team 'from -the eastern Salem will meet the local team here. j r Although " reports seem to give various-subjects tor debate, Homl er Richartfseclares that the ques tion agreed- pon:,-by the , two schools 14 ITTtesolTed,' That :the Cltld Lar. Amendment to -the Constitution 'sh0ui4.Be Adopted.';' BecauseVibfij th (difference in time : between ;ihe.i pacific coast and the Atlantic coast, the Mass achusetts end of- the debat will have, been finished fully an hour before- the debate here is started Consequently " the ? debate to ; be held, here will really be the ; de ciding contest Five hundred tickets 'at 50 cents each have been printed to sell ; to ' the - high "school students, aa proof that the student body is behind; the debate.'-, A meeting of the student- body "will be called Tuesday- morning. ; Several busi ness men and 'one or two of the. students 'Will teU briefly why ; the students should support the de bate; Tho drive in town will start Tuesday afternoon. ij The national Forensic League, sponsored, by Rlpon College of Ripon, Wis:, has asked Salem high school) to become a member,! be cause of the excellent work shown in debate this year. Coach Horning Is now filling out: the applicatlonfor a charter and it is expected the local school wil Join the league before the end of .March. Grants Pass high and Eugene are the only other two . t rrtiaM a s.i . " ) STRIP SILVERT0N AUTO TIRES, HEADLIGHT LENSES GONE WHEN RECOVERED SILVERTONr Feb. 1 8 . A Ford roadster ' owned by William Thompson was stolen on Tuesday, Yesterday,1 the car; was found oh the Marquam road stripped of everything that' could be removed even to. the-tires - and -headlight lenses.. It will cost' the owner in the neighborhood of SI 50 to re place the stolen parts. . t WHERE'S THE Students deeding Individual Aid Cut From 27 to 15.1 r Percent ' GIRLS AVERAGE HIGHEST Out of 1,013 Only 133 Need Individual Attention Physi cal Edacaion Director Finds Definite Improvements in pos ture of pupils in the elementary schools of - Salem important be cause of the direct connection be tween good posture and good health is '.'shown in the. posture examination, taken during Decem ber and January, ; -with - results tabulated' by . Grace- Snook, direc tor of physical education in the Salem , public schools. : 'When the first check of the school year' was compiled, cover ing the time from the first day of school to the" last day of November if was found that out of 2038 pupils in grades one. to six Inclus ive, 551 needd individual posture training. Thus. "27 percent of the pupils were "found deficient Ini posture. ' - " j On the "first day of February there were 2041 pupils in the ele mentary -school in the " first six gardes. Of'tMs number only 309 pupils- were- found- to-need further individual - attention . in posture training. This shows but 15.1 per cent of the pupils to be deficient or an Improvement oyer the No- (Continud on pact 8.) RURAL MEETING CALLED STRAWBERRY PROBLEMS ';;"lBE,TJLiyKED; ais qjjbtBE&'i - ." - , -. . . ..... -x'r j' " Members of the rural depart ment of the - Salem v Chamber of Commerce .will I meet Wednesday evenin g, 'February 2 4 , ? accord ing to announcement made yesterday. The meeting) 4 Which will start at 8 oVclock.-will be held 'in the audi torium of the chamber. . ."Prof. C L Long, horticultnral specialist-of'iO A.v C., will 'be th4 principal speaker of the evening. Cherries will be ' the main ' topic discussion. ' Spraying of 'the cherry trees is one of ' the problems- upon' which "Prof. Long will speak. ' -' ' ' ' Cherry growers will also discus's the California embargo on some of the Oregon fresh cherries. - Grow ers present wilT haver the privilege of asking questions. LITTLE 6bV? Wtit) TENDSTtHR SHEEP?, a ....... , . ... . ,.,V ftsv. ..:T 4 x ,p. .... .-.-. " ' .,. - t ... Trains Blocked, Vires Down as Middle'VVest Is Buried . in Sndw Storm 2 ARE KILLED t BY COLD Blizzard Sweeps' "Across Central ; States and Continues Una- . bated; t Light nlng Fea , .tore, .of Storm ! CHIC AGO, u Feb. 18 ( AP ) The middle west tonight was dig ging itself out of : probably the heaviest snowfall 'of the winter which was left in- the wake of a blizsard that swept across- half a ?:ozen central states last night and odarl- '- " ' I - 'Although' the'w'orst of the snow and ' wind had passed 'the storm, weather-bureau reports indicated. Would be followed by much colder Weather, "with near zero tempera tures expected for some sections, j . The storm caused at least two deaths, stopped air mail service tor a time, blocked roads, delayed trains and hindered ' wire com munications throughout the area affected. One of the deaths was at Hays, Kansas, where a woman was frozen- to death, the other at Chicago, where a man died of ex posure. i The snow was general in north western Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, eastern Kansas, southwestern Ne braska and northern Illinois. To night it was moving - northeast Ward. Flashes of lightning . and muffled peals of thunder Were features of the storm in Kansas and at some points in Iowa. ! While the, snow - did 'consider able damage, Kansas farmers- were undismayed because they ' said - it would help, the. wheat 'Crop, many points reported six inches of -snow for the 24 hours and in some sec tlons.it was much heavier. ROOF FALLS; MANY DIE SEVERAL HUNDRED WORSHIP. ! PERS BURIED IN CHURCH p VIENNA, Feb. 18. (By 'Asso ciated Press.) The roof of a church In the Croatian village of Marovican Jille feRnpow the cos gregatlon daring a Service tonight, burying several hundred persons, says a dispatch to the Allegemeine Zeitnng from Agntm. - Almost im mediately the walls crashed ln rward. . ' , As yet it has ; been.: impossible to determine the number of dead or Injured,' bat It is feaffed It wfll prove large. . By JOHN T.f (Central Press nrAcirtTf"tvT ?w.u n nnuiiuiuiun, reu.ic. -wno seiueu tne antnracite coal strike? t . . .; ; . r s President Coolidge ? James J. Davis, secretary of labo? Gifford Pinchot, governor pf Pennsylvania? Senator Royal S. Cppeland of New York? John 1 Lewis, international presi ident of miners union ? Richard F. Grant ? The public ? r Thequestion is one oLpohtical irnportance. rAll of those named with the possible exception of Mr.1 Grant, would like) iu nare me creuit, ana ne is tne onlyonewho isn't in-politics. ' Settlement of ' the 1 hard - coal strike presents an anomalous sit uation In the national administra tion.' ' " President Cool id ge is -quoted' as y saying' the agreement to .resume - smining was brought about without ;- his intervention, but Secretary of e Labor James ' J. Davis declares that the terms of'the'ettlement were prepared at his department and that ha personally held a ser ies of secret meetings with the miners and. .operators. Some, of -Davis closest friends associates aver- President Coolidge was kept constantly advised of the progress of the negotiations. The strange situation is thereby presented of the chief executive claiming no credit for the termi nation of the- strike, admitting only that representatives of the department of labor kept in close touch and advised Secretary Davis of what was going on while the cabinet member himself has given a detailed, account to his friends of the part he played in the con ferences leading up to the settle ment. Simultaneously with the settle ment, some Republican papers in Pennsylvania suggested Mr.: Davis las a G. O. P. nominee for governor of that state, and an effort 'was made to show that he had helped to bring about a settlement of the (Contiaaed en pace 2) QUAKE HITS CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN COAST IS ROCKED BY SHARP TREMBLOR LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18.- (By Associated , - Press.) The . coast area of southern California from Santa:' Barbara south to Los An geles was gently swayed at 10:18 o'clock this morning by an earth quake of the rolling variety which apparently centered 12 miles in land from Ventura. ! The quake-varied in intensity from a sharp tremble at Santa Barbara to a light roll at Los An geles. No damage of any nature could be confirmed on re-checking tonight. Early reports stat ed that minor damage had been done at the Southern California Edison company's plant at Saticoy but company officials after check, declared the shock was very light at that point and no 'damage re sulted."! '' ' ' , . : ' At Santa Barbara clocks were reported stopped and school ses sions halted temporarily when the children marched from the build- ings. ATsUTyey later revealed no damage'-' r- , ' (N ' " - - FlhlD RlVfeR -JELLY FISH FRESH 1 WATER t VARIETY 158 POUND IN OREGON STREAM - PORTLAND. Ore., : Feb. '18. (By -Associated Press.) A fresh water jelly fish has been discov ered for the first time on the Pa cific j coast by - Dr, L.-.E. Griffin and bis assistants -at Reed college here, the! professor announced. , ! " .'The fresh water varieties of this animal; have formerly ' been found In Philadelphia and Europe' but. none bn the'PacIflc coast, pre- viously..The pecImen3 found here were; obtained from ; rocks in a stream running through the East Mdreland golf links. . : r . This Jelly fish was watched 'as It changed Its hydrpid-form to the detached 1 Jelly . fish. Dr,. Griffin and Dr. Milo Claire, his assistaaf, watched! the hydrolds make the transformation. ' PLAN )00F,EHCAMPMEHT 120ft VISITORS' CXTECTKb IN . 3IAY FOR CONFERENCE ' Plans' preparatory" to iha recep" tion-of .1100 for ths IOOF Grand Lodpe of Oregon, gathering from May 14 to 27, were laid last night when-committees -met and tasks were assigned' : Fully 7F member of various committees were pros! tnt-' i i i ' . j : '' . . In 5Iiy the Grand EBcammnent. Subordinate Encampment and Rebekahs will gather In Snleni, taxing tha city's tall car acity. The next committee when repor's will be presented, m is st " for March'4. .' ' " LE WING, 'JR. Correspondent) n - --. . 9 STRIKE MEDIATOR' if- - ir- 1 X LIQU 0 R SUSPECTS Kl LLED Ct C. McBRIDE, DRY OFFIECER, : FIRES FATAL I SHOT I BEND,' Ore., Feb. 18. (By As sociated Press.) Vayle -Taylor alleged moonshiner, .was shot and killed today in the Wild 'Bear 'eek. country- by C.' C. McBrider state dry agent, who declared that his pistol was discharged accident ally while he and his party were raiding a dugout In" which Taylor was alleged to. be operating a still. An inquest into' the shooting 'wfll be held tomorow r at ' Prineville, P. B. - Poindexter, Crook .-county coroner announced. . . . . McBride an d A. F. ; Marriott as sisted : by' Fern Lowell, a resident of the desert country, had waited for Taylor I through the night.' Ap parently suspecting that some one was In the - house, Taylor ap proached the - place ' cautiously, bracing a -plank against : the1 door evidently with 'the intenUon jo keeping the i bf fleers j prisoner. With ! drawn ,'ptetdls, the . officers started to smash the 'door,' while Taylor stood -holding it from' the outside. the art icers said.' As they beat . down the - door, : McBride's automatic , pistol was --discharged accidentally, - the bullet striking Taylor in; the left side 6f lhe!heck and . coming , out ..of the "right shoulder, the' - off leers ; declared. Taylor died -Instantly, t- Officials declared they believed the killing was accidental. -: .; , . . ; , DEATH :J0LL1S HIGHER S PERSONS : BELIEVED . 'TO V HAVE DIED IN AVALANCHE " ! BINGHAM, Utah, Feb. . 18. (By Associated Press. )--With the work -of searching the snow Slide debris 'in Bap' Gulch .systematized aid the people ot Highland Boy Mining; cainp as well as thdse' in Bingham '. proper .today devoted their 'attention to arranging ior the relief ..of the survivors. 1 - -t f A discrepancy developed In ,1c number ; of dead ' between ' fignres kept, at '.the minejf by X those - id c harge of" preparlhg the bodies for removal . to . the ; undertaker - and those Jn charge " the morgue. The "undertaker declares he has received but : 35 bodies Including three recovered today, , while, at the mine - office .the ' figures' are declared' tcCbe 38, 1 L ; ' , The Injured In. the hospital num bering 12 are reported to be mak ing satisfactory jrogress. J . REBEL PLOTS'CHARGED MEXICAN GENERAL HELD FOR , , INCITING ' UPRISING t i SAN" ANTONIO, Texas. Feb 1 8: -j (By Associated' Press) . Gen eral Francisco Coss, noted Mexi can revolutionist, wa3 arrested to night by ''federal authorities ?td answer" an; indictment returried against: him today 'char eiztlzn with complicity- la the alleged revolutionary cosEplracy. Tt 9 'gen eral was placed in the county Jail for arraignment by the commis sioner. ' r ' - ' Damages to Dining "Rocm Id 5 - Be Paftf Fronr Prisoners' muibmcnX Fund INVESTIGATION IS HELD Three Mbrer Convtrts'Are-Dressevl . . in Rtripea andf.Sent o Bull - rPfcn .for -JLeading " " I i Disturbance 'Therells an old adage to' the effect that' "you can't get sor-o-thlhg. fof nothing." and that " e who dandes can look forward with a fair dlgree of certainty to re ceiving sij bill frpm the fiddler rn the first; of , the , month. T: 3 things ate so deeply Ingraine 1 'ii us that "f we "come to ' look mi n them as a matter bf course. An J. this, perhaps, is as It should te. Doubtless ? it leads a more keen enjoyment to the entertainment. Warden J. W. Lillie of the state prison 'believes In adages, i he believes in all tried and true propositions. That's why he is sued an order yesterday declaring that" the damage to the dinir i room eqiilpment. resulting fro. s the riot involving approximately 200 conicts in the - penitentiary here Tusday night, will-be r 1 out ' of he prisoners' entertain ment fund. . . . ... : Workihg on the theory that the convicts j enjoyed .themselves, al though iine of them were purv tared byibullets, the warden's de cision comes as, a bit of satire. It wouldn't be fair for the stats to pay th damage," Warden Lil a said. "The convicts started t! 3 thing deliberately and attemptt 3 te assault five - unarmed guar " ?. And in the space-of four minut . before armed men could be rus' 1 in through the gites, the darker a had' been done, t It's onry right that : they.j should pay for any thing broken in the riot." It will . require approximate' 7 $100 to pay for the repairing ct the -'.tables;, 'chairs .. and . oil. r wrecked equipment and to replace the broken dishes. - Most of the money in the- prisoners entertala-ment- fuid was derived from, tha Follies of li5, the-annual peni tentiary jBhow staged in the prison auditorium last month Ordinar ily the fund ls'used to purcha e baseball i equipment -and "material for the itage.: ' -- - f-3 Three more convicts were-c--signed'ti indeterminate terr"S 1 the bullr.pen yefeterday after i - ing Identified as having taken j :;;t in the Uprising. -The-official 5 vestlgation -which started V,'t ,s day is being contnued with a of punishing all the leaders 'TL ' fCoBtinnd esfr S.) display week-PLa?::::u ARJIORV AND STRUCT D.I: TO FEATURE OrilXI'-G A danrewill'be held at the tern Arinory Tuesday ev. -' , March 16, as one of the cr ..,. : features" of the ; first '-v. 1 Spring Display week sponsor: .! . 7 the Salem-Ad Club, ii was decii: 1 at the nieeting of the club yest r day noon. "There will be to charge Ifor admittance to 1. ? dance. J tA barid will also be enfagci to play on the street corners cn tv. night of; the grand opening, ri-r.i are; no being laid- to have 1 a automobile show" in. the tr:' It is probable a , section of e 3 streetwlll be roped off for the c -asionv r - -' - . "'- Window cards aanonnclag f 7 display Jweek 'are 'already j; r ing In Several of the show v. : -ddws In I the city. The mere! 1: It is-. reported,, are 'coopemir. thusiastically with the Ad tlab tj make tile week a succe-j. i j . ; is ' Scilim Pi... v. . '..-' e: . . - 3 .. Eenaf? Ilainner, t first grtda -at IZr.T isar'schocl.. . I"it"3 y-: school "erste 3. ' 1 : ; 3 Ing.;.exeric2C 'r normal E-chocL 7 schoci tX 1.' ' . .- . lem. C:'-:.:: srade teach . 1